Secure TailsOS Setup For The Average Dark Web Enjoyer

[@MentalOutlaw]

My new shirt is available now at based.win/product/tor100-cotton-tie-dye-t-shirt/

[@Luna0wl]

Do you ship to europe?

[@rootcanal7188]

Thanks for the video. Another way to go would be to have Whonix, on top of Virtualbox, on top of another Linux OS (say, Parrot or Kali) - all on one USB drive.

[@improvisedchaos8904]

Imma wear it to work

[@UCezI1mEFSJR_GHO4Z7bs8YA]

Do you ship to El Salvador?

[@0Ciju0]

Sick TOR shirt, bro

[@janderssenviz]

Imagine going into the library and seeing a dude on his laptop, hardwired into the wall staring at a white screen while tied to a USB stick

[@stephenw2045]

Based

[@Chaddeusthundercock]

Thats what I was thinking, blows your cover just a bit

[@amp4105]

so based lmfao

[@mr.atomictitan9938]

its just an average e-book enthusiast.

[@DigitalNomadInvestor]

With funny glasses on too

[@Q2spier]

Not even a second in and I was like "yeah thanks mentaloutlaw for making me feel crazy around normal people now" yeah I'd say I snapped

[@MentalOutlaw]

Just do what I do, calmy tell your parents you won't discuss controversial topics around their Amazon Alexa (aka home wire tap)

[@eliriekeberg7127]

Or better yet, sign them up for that protonmail family plan. Nothing says family like sharing PGP keys

[@TheBenSanders]

Sharing is caring!

[@eclipsek0]

​@@eliriekeberg7127or better yet host your own family email server

[@CrittingOut]

@@MentalOutlaw real

[@gogogomes7025]

I swear to god, if Kenny keeps releasing these cool guides, I might start suspecting that all of this is part of the "baby's first honey pot" operation.

[@MentalOutlaw]

lmfao imagine thinking this is my first honey pot 😂

[@Mustachioed_Mollusk]

/\ /_\ illuminate

[@koolaids6609]

@@MentalOutlawrookies. Im in my 100th pot

[@trollface9223]

im winnie the pooh with all my honeypots tbh 💯

[@danielpicassomunoz2752]

What's a honey pot?

[@TheGhostInTheWires]

"I'm not the owner of Silk Road" "Sir, you have a USB stick on a string attached on your wrist to function as a deadman's switch and you've staring at a white screen because you removed the polarization." Ross was cooked with or without them getting that laptop. His opsec was flawed from day 1.

[@brandondixon2138]

True, but they would have less evidence against him. They would have to use much more circumstantial evidence instead of obvious evidence like him logged in

[@klwthe3rd]

This kind of content is why Kenny has so many devoted followers. The concept that so many want to use a more sophisticated OS but aren't as knowledgeable on how to do it, makes these videos a true diamond in the rough. Even I working in the IT field as a Security Consultant never realized that you could get around keyboard loggers by using an on-screen keyboard. 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

[@Glorbdo]

He probably means hardware keylogger

[@KINGOFSATURN369]

Both. Either is was a genuine protip from trail and error or I think that was a genius kid moment.

[@Rayyan-hi2ge]

This video cured my depression and allowed me to stay away from the 3 letter alphabet gang, thank you MentalOutlaw.

[@MentalOutlaw]

anytime

[@kabirghai8709]

3 letter alphabet gang?

[@Bedroomguitarist3]

@@kabirghai8709 FBI, CIA, NSA, GRU, FSB etc

[@Rayyan-hi2ge]

@@kabirghai8709 fbi, cia, yk the ones

[@HarjotSingh-lm7uw]

Bro I think NLF​@@kabirghai8709

[@rdxdt]

Owning a tor shirt seems like bad opsec 😂

[@lightyagami1752]

Nah, we could use the same excuse clueless Gen Z teen girls use when wearing Slayer tees. "I just like the design."

[@qlippoth13]

Relax @rpeetz. Three letter agencies gave us an anonymous network overlay we can fully trust without question. Sure DARPA made a flesh eating robot, but that's not three letters like NRL.

[@nothingtoseehere449]

Very creative deadman switch. It’s impressive.

[@MentalOutlaw]

Thanks, I'm gonna see if I can adapt it to QubesOS. I probably just need to make a script that locks the PC if a USB device get's removed.

[@klwthe3rd]

@@MentalOutlaw Teach us how to do it Kenny!!! Dead man switches is a must nowadays.

[@therealdia]

@@MentalOutlaw not a bad idea; though if the system itself got compromised in any way, the script could probably be removed or tampered with, as opposed to the Tails concept of “Oh, the entire operating system and storage drive and RAM and driver support is now suddenly gone; guess I’ll die”

[@WanderTrekker]

​@@MentalOutlawBuskill has an Qubes "implentation"

[@alienduweb]

why don't use a usb killer, propane bottle, and car's baterry on the door @@MentalOutlaw (if you know the video)

[@charautreal]

Hey FBI, this is for purely educational purposes, I'm not actually gonna do criminal activity lol

[@njpme]

Ladies and Gentlemen, we got him 🎶🎶

[@pv621]

Helped me 👍🏻

[@Belomoh6]

Yeah i just love technology😂

[@lightyagami1752]

Education? Son, why do you hate Murica? 😂

[@llawliet3996]

waifu pfp and is a dark net enjoyer? Definetly a evil hacker doing evil hackerness things .. 😂

[@bacalhau_seco]

now i can buy a nuclear bomb without the letters of the alphabet knowing

[@Rayyan-hi2ge]

go to the chineese

[@itsdokko2990]

gee, that sounds interesting, i wonder if i can buy orphan sources online IM JUST JOKING MR. FBI, JUST A FUNNY LITTLE JOKE, I'M DEFINITELY NOT INTENDING TO BUY ORPHAN SOURCES

[@therealtechfromheaven]

Why would you want a bomb you psyco. Better get a nuclear reactor or a MiG 😂👌

[@TCKRDefense]

This is North korea latest ICBM, if you plan on buying it i suggest traveling to North Korea. I suggest researching the Hwasong-18 The Hwasong-18 (Korean: 《화성포-18》형; Hanja: 火星砲 18型; lit. Mars Artillery Type 18) is a North Korean three-stage solid-fuelled intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). It is the first solid-fuelled ICBM developed by North Korea, and was first unveiled at the 8 February 2023 parade commemorating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army.[5] Its maiden flight occurred on 13 April 2023.[6][7] North Korean leader Kim Jong Un first alluded to the development of a solid-fuel ICBM in January 2021 when it was included as part of a five-year arms development plan.[8][9] A static ground test of a large solid-propellant rocket motor was conducted on 15 December 2022 which produced a thrust of 140 metric tons of force.[10] Four 9-axle mobile launchers carrying what appeared to be solid-fuel ICBM models were showcased on the 8 February 2023 parade marking the 75th anniversary of the Korean People's Army. They were carried in canisters to fire the missiles by cold launch to eject them before first-stage ignition to protect the launcher from damage by the exhaust plume. These models were not named in the parade, but they were clearly of a different design than the previous large Pukguksong-5 solid-fueled SLBM.[3][11] The Hwasong-18 conducted its first flight test on 13 April 2023. The first stage followed a standard trajectory optimized for reaching maximum range, but the second and third stages pulled up into a highly-lofted trajectory; this unusual flight path caused Japan to issue a missile alarm, as during the first stage burn it appeared that the missile could overfly the country. The use of solid fuel makes an ICBM launch more difficult to preempt than previous liquid-fueled missiles, as it does not require hours of fueling and is easier to conceal since it does not require as many accompanying support vehicles.[12][13] A second flight test was conducted on 23 July 2023. North Korean media reported that the missile flew to a range of 1,001.2 km at a maximum altitude of 6,648.4 km for 4,491 seconds (74.85 minutes), giving it the longest flight time and highest apogee of any North Korean ICBM flight to date. Based on these metrics, the Hwasong-18 demonstrated its potential to travel 15,000 km on an operational trajectory, enough to reach anywhere in the continental United States.[4]

[@qlippoth13]

All it takes it a little merit circa David Hahn. In b4 Nuclear boyscout merit badges t-shirt.

[@heisenberg9017]

The buster Hernandez hack is very fascinating. Would be helpful if a link to an article explaining it was added to the description

[@MentalOutlaw]

description updated with link to court records

[@Communist-Doge]

​@@MentalOutlawI don't see it.

[@cyprus1005]

@@Communist-Dogeits the how a tailos user was de anonymized link in the desc

[@Communist-Doge]

@@cyprus1005 Ohh, I see it. I'm blind. Thanks!

[@cyprus1005]

@@Communist-Doge dont sweat it happens to the best of us

[@ryanmcamis7419]

This stuff helps a normie like me become computer literate. Helps me to improve my opsec.

[@Belomoh6]

Yeah me too

[@muhammadscott571]

Welcome to the club

[@ryanmcamis7419]

@@muhammadscott571 Still a normie, but hoping to score a job that doesn't pay shite to process a metric ass ton of paperwork only for the executives to blow it on a mid-tier cruise to Alaska.

[@k6-3spetznazhelmet]

7:46 What will I do without my Hatsune Miku wallpaper?!? 😭

[@Walter_]

lifehack: print an image onto an A4 paper put a flashlight behind it put a mirror in front of it boom you got a blurry slanted 30% reflectance wallpaper projected onto your screen.

[@Cookiekeks]

I love it when you make actual Linux videos instead of just tech news about Elon Musk or whatever

[@tiagotiagot]

01:45 Capture cards and other visual/optical means aren't the only concern there, would probably be relatively trivial to figure out what was typed by analyzing mouse movement as well. At the very least you might wanna switch to a rarer keyboard layout for the virtual keyboard (DVORAK is probably a bit too common variant I would guess, I'm not sure how many other options there are that don't have most of the alphabet still in the same places though, so I'm not sure what would really be the best option)

[@Yuzuki1337]

I guess the safest would be a random layout every time you open the OSK

[@SchizophrenixTheGaul3478]

I use these guides for privacy but at the same time as a reference for writing "hackermen" stuff on fics.

[@SchizophrenixTheGaul3478]

See? I'm not using these guides for malicious intent. GET OFF MY BACK!

[@iluvpandas2755]

Lol

[@B1ADE99]

thanks for this banger! staying tuned for the next episode of FOSS cooking 🥶🥶

[@atxhooligan]

Dude that shirt is rad, I'll be buying another via Monero soon

[@killitgameing658]

the polarized glasses thing is something I've actually considered quite heavily because I wear prescription glasses anyways so I have to have a pair of glasses on

[@xsarchitect]

Any possibility of finding information that mainstream media doesn't like on darkweb?

[@Acid741981]

Awesome content as always... Thanks again for "open sourcing" such important knowledge. I'm a fan, Kenny. Please keep up that good work.

[@blazinghellwheels]

So do you strip all metadata from your videos prior to uploading them or something? I find it hard to believe youtube doesn't know more about you then the government at this point.

[@roberts.9299]

This man said I need a self distruct button. If the concept wasn't so cool, I would be more snarky.

[@squabl3s]

honey mentaloutlaw uploaded another tails video !!

[@crazystupidgamer]

I didn't imagine you rocking a snazzy beard from all the voice-over videos. Looks good on you.

[@demon_xd_]

another great video, another position climbed on watchlists

[@userOSMP]

The internet is lacking clear useful information like this, thx homie

[@ImNotQualifiedToSayThisBut]

This is what Network Chuck's supposed "three levels of dark web browsing" or what it was called should've been

[@BriannaTheGod]

Very informative, much safe. 🧙‍♂️

[@dfgdfg_]

Hey, I found trying to installing a monero node on the persistent volume so difficult that I gave up. Any chance you could cover that please? I'm comfortable with linux but persistency volume with Tails plus the node install drove me nuts. Edit, I was also fearful of having my wallet on a single nvme. Any suggestions for a mirrored enclosure so if one drive fails my wallet is still safe?

[@lordfarquaadgaming9316]

What if MentalOutlaw was the fed all along

[@qlippoth13]

buy a shirt using your credit card and find out

[@Goatedjowi]

Thanks Jayson Tatum

[@RedVRCC]

I made a tails stick just out of curiosity and it's pretty cool. It literally wipes everything outside of the persistent storage folder each restart. I use this exclusively now to explore the dark web. Plus it's nice and beginner friendly unlike whonix or qubes. Just flash a USB, plug it in, choose it as the boot device and bam. I just run it on my old as fuck laptop that I'd otherwise toss. Webcam doesn't work anymore either so no worries about that. Not gonna use it on the shiny new framework laptop I'm prob gonna get soon tho. Also don't mind me Mr. FBI agent! Just browsing for curiosity! Note: I think VLC is now default on tails now, I'll have to check tho. I haven't used the video player yet but I think I remember seeing the icon.

[@Naturalmedicineprescription]

so chances are the router you plug into is running also wifi , if it gets hacked ... your cat 6 won't be able to secure you any better ? esp if they get a sniffer or just copy the data stream at isp/telecom level .. do a vid on sim cards that can be used to connect safely ..maybe

[@PunkrockNoir-ss2pq]

unsubbing due to the anime children you're obsessed with in the thumbnails, not something I want to be associated with

[@wqiojekpldlknbwjklopiwojaslKZ]

um acktually shes 18 in dog years!

[@wasiqmahmood7734]

Hi Brother I need your assistance here, I have Ubuntu and Qubes OS ISO on my computer right now, and I am an IT Admin and Internet surfer and I am looking for tools, software, or tutorials. In using Ubuntu normally, can I install Tails OS or Whonix in KVM or I install Qubes OS in my computer and then install Ubuntu VM in it.

[@AfroJd]

I wish i understood more of this video than i actually did but its a lil too technical for me. Appreciate your work anyway kenny.

[@-ism8153]

10:33 Do Yubico security keys use one-time pads? To my knowledge they only offer one-time passwords, which use the same acronym. While one-time pads are so basic that nothing can get through them, they're also incredibly inconvenient because you need tons of randomness and storage, so I wouldn't expect many projects to be built solely around them.

[@Kuutamo]

They can store TOTP secrets. Only 32 of them for one key

[@remsee1608]

Jayson I love the Tor shirt but I miss seeing you in Celtic green

[@alihassanjatt8898]

I do love tales was but not with gnome de

[@LTPottenger]

Oh God, this video kills me but the best part is you are saying all this and revealing your face. But these would be fairly good tips, actually I would boot from usb and delete everything every time I log out most likely, and not step away. But if you get to needing it for nonsus activity then the country is over anyway and I don't care about anything currently illegal

[@Garwinium]

I'm sorry but my Waifu comes before opsec, otherwise great guide

[@joao_1986]

Hi Mental, I'd like to know what's your opinion on this new Skiff Email that's been getting popular lately. Is it safe?

[@nicholasvaughn6904]

I love your shirt . Where did you get it?

[@MentalOutlaw]

based.win/product/tor100-cotton-tie-dye-t-shirt/

[@Ben_EhHeyeh]

Why use Tails for roaming the darknet jstore archives? Use Tails to send emails on networks with snoopy access points where network admins review all the content through their network. Network Admin said, "Don't email reporters." How did he know I emailed Tucker Carlson last week?

[@Curiefeld]

I'd be really suspicious if I saw someone typing on a laptop with a blank white screen, not gonna lie. Most people don't know enough about computers or the internet to know if you're doing something sus. A blank screen would just grab attention IMO.

[@NothingBootz]

If tech companies do nothing against infiltration code like pegasus, I will assume it is on purpose, its been around for years, and none of them adjust their hardware against it. Considering it doesnt allow you to edit your bootup, or active/deactive what its going to startup, I conceive the device as not a type of prperty, but property and privacy theft. The device is malicious, and the buyer basicly has no power of it, to think tech companies are willing to overlook this, gives me a nasty feeling in my stomache. Internet was great, 90's to 2000, but gradually it became a tool for goverments to control its citizens, rather than a product of convenience, like the first mobilles were used to communicate eadier, now its used to track your location, your camera, social media profilles, your bought products, history, search results. Basicly a slave of Rome had more privacy than you.

[@Awcv]

Hello, I would appreciate help on this matter; Why am I booting through USB to tails - then tries to return to Linux; It takes me to the boot menu Back, and not to Linux? Did I maybe do something wrong?

[@DarrellWebb537]

@MentalOutlaw will you ever cover setting up OpenWRT specifically creating a Tor access point or Tor router? Good video btw, Tails is good for normies and if only more of them used it they would realize privacy and security isn’t some super elite hard thing.

[@Jason-jb1tf]

It can be dangerous to do this, because sending _all_ traffic through tor can result in unexpected deanonymization techniques. Telemetry on a device that goes between a tor gateway and a normal gateway can be used to identify and correlate traffic. The grugq has a guide for setting up a raspberry pi as a tor portal, if I remember correctly. PortalOfPi I think?

[@DarrellWebb537]

@@Jason-jb1tf Big Pharma says its safe and effective to sign into your personal accounts and not worry about OPSEC practices or isolation via having different Tails usb’s for different tasks to isolate activities/accounts.

[@johndol9549]

i really like the tie dye shirt but I guess I'm too old to wear something with a joint

[@Fliksu]

Is running Monero wallet outside of Tails somehow worse for one's security?

[@sidmovich]

"You want to paint the srews of you'r laptop" Me looking at my screwless laptop wondering where did i left the screws

[@sourcejosh]

This is a lot of steps just to watch step-sister videos on the hub.

[@abdocool-hz8is]

OK but what the point of all this setup if I can't find the start of the rope to deep web websites? Like how I am supposed to know...

[@computer69420]

tie-dye is ugly, you should make a basic black version

[@ivyx1786]

that low tech dead man switch made me laugh so fuckin hard

[@itswilliamanimate]

yeah, um, i think i might be on a FBI watchlist now

[@omargabriel960]

Man I really feel like a criminal just by watching this video LMAO

[@crabbyboi9127]

i was thinking the exact same thing about the dead man's switch lmao

[@Brandon-sc3rz]

i was always told that persistence was bad. that was like 7+ years ago tho so maybe it changed idk just be careful

[@amp4105]

tybg

[@prahyer]

got the zerotrace pen is that good ?

[@ShatteredQvartz]

Finally I can download all the Taylor Swift albums I want and the feds can't stop me!!!

[@michaelbailey1420]

cuz if anything helps your opsec its advertising that you use tor\tails!

[@no1nob0dy]

I feel like you have been reading /opsec/ at my chan, we literality had this talk there xd

[@slavic_commonwealth]

what's your chan?

[@no1nob0dy]

@@slavic_commonwealth rchan

[@TheSaltzone]

yeah im definitely on a list after watching this

[@Abs0lute_Trash]

me with a 96% chance to get raided by the fbi: buys tor shirt:

[@lightyagami1752]

He said increase by 4%, not 4 percentage points, so that still leaves you 0.16% wiggle-room. 🤓

[@LD_1]

​@@lightyagami1752actually 🤓☝️

[@lightyagami1752]

@user-ji6lz1vh8g...and I will become the GEEK of the New World!!

[@jmnasman]

You don't need privacy until you do. When truth becomes illegal, honest men become outlaws.

[@omarsplaytimechannel]

@@ShadowRequiems id go to that web but it's good to know that I can shake off survilence

[@Lol-bt6vs]

Cringe

[@Hybrack12]

"I love extreme online privacy and security measures, BUT I WOULD NEVER EVER DO SOMETHING ILLEGAL, I SWEAR!!!"

[@Walter_]

i mean, it's kind of useful to know if something like torrenting becomes extremely illegal or something.

[@w300x]

I like being able to have opinions and not have to worry about a shoulder tap. Rocco's Baselisk applies here: what if voicing disagreement with disney movies "female empowerment" becomes considered a hate crime?

[@gabrote42]

I mean, it's very useful if you hold an unpopular political opinion and don't want it coming out on tour background checks. People have gone unemployed for decades after being caught supporting unions, for example

[@joshuan.]

Can't wait until protecting your data and online privacy is itself illegal

[@alphaotakux]

For your use,perhaps. Curious you would post this.?

[@Q-Ball.]

The polarization glasses are the move 😂

[@frandawg16]

Dumb or not so dumb question can u not just buy a stick on polarizer for your screen instead of trying to not destroy pixels

[@alext3811]

Or just a crappy old TN panel with garbage viewing angles. Although you can't do that on a laptop/handheld.

[@umeng2002]

But, Mr. Outlaw, only criminals need rights.

[@ytnukesme1600]

as evident in place like NY, LA, San Francisco, Chicago and so on, seems like these are the only places where outlaws are guaranteed rights these days😞. unless you're in the UK, it's a criminal's heaven over there 😄🤗.

[@BigA678]

His name is Mr Jayson Tatum actually

[@amp4105]

hes being racist i think@lw4311

[@Your_Degenerate]

I can't use my own wifu wallpaper? I have to rethink all of this.

[@TheFrantic5]

Honestly, just having tails around as a secure liveusb for using a sus computer is a perfectly valid usecase. Although I suppose "Don't stick your equipment into a port you don't trust" is valid advice for the electronics world as well.

[@cjthebeesknees]

and women, had too sorry.

[@VivekYadav-ds8oz]

@@cjthebeesknees Since he mentioned electronics separately, this was implied 🤓

[@TheFrantic5]

Noo the joke hast been explained........

[@flamer_x2885]

Based tor shirt

[@jonatinoo]

If you're in an environment where you think a hardware keylogger could be at play, even an onscreen keyboard isn't safe in my opinion. If someone will go out of their way for HW keylogging, I'd assume they're capturing mouse input as well. And with some basic maths (screen resolution, etc), someone could find what keys u click on the on screen keyboard based off your mouse clicks.

[@kasiarzpl8647]

wouldn't letterboxing help in that case?

[@klwthe3rd]

Why does on-screen keyboards use mouse clicks???

[@aziskgarion378]

Scrambled On-Screen Keyboard?

[@heroslippy6666]

@@klwthe3rd because its on the screen. You move your mouse to click on the letters. This is useful if your computer's keyboard is broken.

[@klwthe3rd]

What if you have a touchscreen?? No mouse.@@heroslippy6666

[@kidus_tv]

I've learned so much and I still keep learning a lot from you, Kenny. Please don't stop educating the masses.

[@mavez6322]

I installed TailsOS to prove what a hardcore based Hackermans i am, but my mom found out and confiscated my equipment and grounded me for a month.

[@ezren4677]

It's interesting to see Jayson Tatum have such intricate knowledge on something like this.

[@qlippoth13]

does anyone know what t-shirt size Jayson Tatum wears?

[@MrJulian7005]

Lol ! I thought he looked similar 🤣

[@moistness482]

I'd like to imagine myself installing Tails OS: *Does everything in this video* *Uses normie apps like spotify*

[@slavic_commonwealth]

yeah that's a big problem with privacy things :-)

[@tr1p913]

I can tell by the comments your videos are starting to attract more and more normies (its me im the normie). Have your ever thought about making a Qubes/Whonix/TailsOS for dummies video where you setup an OS for maximum privacy step by step? Also nother banger video kenny!

[@goawqebt6931]

For TailsOS you just flash the system into the usb stick then you boot into it, that's it, you are done

[@ejajafrozarb]

Thanks, digital privacy is very important

[@ThePinnacle415]

You’re awesome man, best channel on YT in my opinion

[@lgroschiensalle]

On weekends, I use TAILS to defend against spies who attempt to scan the platters of my hard-disks using S.Q.U.I.D. (Super Conducting Quantum Interference Detectors). Then, when I'm done with the disks, I grind em' up into powder, melt that powder down into liquid, then I dissolve em' in a strong acid bath and dispose of the remains in an undisclosed location... During the week at work though, I use a mixture of Windows 10, Windows 11, Mac OS-X, and iPhone IOS... The good thing is, I always look forward to and appreciate every weekend! :P GNU's not UNIX, but UNIX is a BEAST... EOF

[@specthegod]

Please always remain on the side of the people and keep making videos like this. The more detailed step by step the better. Why? Because many who are not tech savy deserve to have their privacy protected as well in this cat and mouse game governments have launched against people to gain more control over literally everyone. There are multiple reasons why user data is valuable to them but it should be our right to be able to say NO and not participate. This is also why Open Source should get even more cred as they contribute to preventing governments spying/collecting data. Privacy is literally a human right so PLEASE take this seriously and keep helping people with videos like this... and thanks for all you have done so far! #gospel+hackingthealgorithm

[@coom07]

If you go Amish like that. You should be working at the NSA. 😂 French Gov. would have a very different opinion.

[@Alan-ii9te]

Tor is a honeypot which is why you are shilling it.

[@goawqebt6931]

What's not a honeypot

[@ent2220]

What about using flatpak for your apps? Flatpak does let you toggle permissions, incl. disabling internet access to the app in question.

[@tiagotiagot]

Depending on the laptop model, it might be possible to modify/damage the latch holding the battery in place, which could serve as a sorta boobytrap to power off the laptop in case it's grabbed by someone that's not aware of the modification. Or if you don't care about going fully untethered , you could even take off the battery altogether and run just on the powerbrick (though some batteries don't have a separate lid, so it might be trickier to make this technique not obvious in some cases)

[@alext3811]

How would that work for a 2-in-1 (either 360 degree hinge or detachable), since those are moved in weirder ways? I'm too clumsy to even consider attempting that, or maybe I'm a coward.

[@muhammadscott571]

Great idea mate

[@Daimo83]

I would love to sit in the library engaging with a white screen and looking like a crazy person 🤣

[@MsDuketown]

I like the Pidgin chat program. It brought me diversity, compared to my other chat programme, the proprietary one. I started using Pidgin on my Raspberry 2, with the ARM v7a ISA (the ARM A53, at the times of the "Binary Fork") and before Raspian OS. The chat program does what it advertises. Let's upvote the Granddaddy of Telnet, Mental Zoutlaw.. Btw. That shirt is woke bro. Lovely.

[@etasjo]

feds monitoring me because i literally searched for this an hour ago

[@MegaManNeo]

To sum it up, Tails first and foremost is still meant mostly for those in countries with heavy Internet restrictions.

[@Cookiekeks]

The USB stick trick is genius, but the OS doesn't actually run from the thumb drive, but rather it's contents get loaded into memory, so wouldn't you need a software that automatically wipes RAM upon detecting the ejection?

[@Belomoh6]

Interesting, waiting for answers

[@nizzuta2611]

​@@Belomoh6Tails detects when the USB is disconnected so it starts the wiping process

[@ChildrenOfDesire]

If TailsOS used any persistent storage on your USB it would be less secure, which is why it runs only on RAM by design, since the USB storage could be up for local forensics and anything that could be found on it can be used against you by said adversary since the kind of flash memory on USB sticks are non volatile. The idea is that ram is volatile storage so it doesn't need to be wiped, powering down the machine means the contents of the ram is destroyed quickly by design because electricity is needed to hold the state of its data at all times. The contents of the RAM are lost in seconds after shutdown. When the USB is removed, this triggers immediate shutdown.

[@Cookiekeks]

@@ChildrenOfDesire Yes I'm aware of all of that, but your last line is what my comment is about. The video kenny showed didn't look like it just shuts down, but even if it did, there must be some kind of software detecting the ejected stick and issuing a shutdown command. If you didn't set that up beforehand, Tails would just keep running without the USB, giving the glowies access to RAM as long as they keep the power going.

[@goawqebt6931]

​@@Cookiekeks the software that detects the ejection of the usb and issue the command is built into tailsOS

[@z0x]

Thank you bro. Now I can order my methamphetamines safely.

[@qlippoth13]

Still no need for a script for Xylazine (my first attempt at dark darkweb humor)

[@notafbihoneypot8487]

I am a Average DarkNEt looker

[@FollowingStorm0]

commenting to hack the algorythm

[@iluvpandas2755]

Replying to also help.

[@julianmercado5498]

Regarding the deadman switch, if you remove the USB or turn off the computer, the system will still be loaded in ram. Could a computer forensics recover the data from the RAM?

[@letsgorodriguez]

Now every federal investigator will know this

[@karoma7898]

Why am i getting this recommend? Does the KZbin algorithm. Know something I don't?

[@dannnnnno]

You would never kill yourself right?

[@roquemoloko7157]

what do you mean?

[@dannnnnno]

Giving out good information makes some people suicidal

[@54nnu]

it's a joke on the fact that every person that goes against the FBI ends up supposedly mysteriously offing themselves. @@roquemoloko7157